Tuesday, September 6, 2011

ecoATM has a kiosk system that can evaluate the quality of old unwanted electronics – like cell phones – and offer cash and safe recycling.

Using screen prompts and a plug in wire to analyze a device the kiosk can determine the value and offer cash or to give the money to charity. If cash is chosen the kiosk prints a slip that a partnering store can trade for cash. In any case the devise is then reconditioned or safely (for the environment – no e-waste) recycled.

Currently (Sept 2011) there is a cluster of ecoATM locations on the west coast stretching from just north of Los Angeles to just south of San Diego and two others – one in Kansas City, Kansas and one in Redmond, Washington.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Macy’s is planning to install EV chargers at a number of San Diego stores. They are partnering with ECOtality to pilot self serve EV (electric vehicle) charging stations. " ... two electric vehicle charging stations this fall outside each of six Macy's stores in ... San Diego ..."

The specific / exact locations are still being identified.metropolitan area (locations are being identified).

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Swedish ngineers have found a way to recover the excess heat generated by commuters in Stockholm’s main train station and use that energy to heat a nearby office block.

The technology is not all that different from typical heat exchangers … this application is well suited to climates like Sweden where the winters are quite cold and the cost of petroleum based fuels is quite high.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Did you know that MASSIVE amounts of cell phones are tossed in the trash EVERY HOUR ?

16,000 cell phones are thrown away each hour !! Sprint wants to keeps
these out of landfills and has programs that make it easy for everyone
to recycle (and not contribute to to e-waste) your cell phone and
related accessories.

Check out these 2 videos for more information on Sprint’s recycling programs …

Friday, January 21, 2011

The lack of EV charging stations is a key infrastructure item slowing the acceptance of pure electric
vehicles. With limited battery life a charging statioin is a key "must have" for a pure EV.

Cracker Barrel is helping
to build out the infrastructure using locations along highways. They plan to install EV chargers from ECOtality at 24
locations in Tennessee. Many of the locations are identified … see map
(right) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dines
and shoppers can get “ … an 80% charge … in just under a half hour at …
locations which will have the DC Fast Charging stations. …”:

Plans
are to start installation in the spring of ‘11 and be complete in
several months. Check the Cracker Barrel web site for updates.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Follow the simple directions on the bag and you could be on your way to saving 2000 gallons of water a year with Scott Smart Flush™. Smart Flush™ is a bag that sits in the water tank of the toilet and reduces each flush by 1 liter.

Currently available in 8 and 12 pack rolls of Scott Naturals.

This is a simple and for now free way to save water and money - and be GREEN.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

As part of their corporate responsibility program Motorola has a program that will take back / recycle any mobile phone – even if not a Motorola product.

Some are repurposed (after refurbishing) to developing countries … others are just recycled.

Since consumer participation is a key drive Motorola tries to get more people involved in recycling mobile phones by among other things “enclosing …prepaid return envelopes with new products … Providing prepaid postage labels on our website ….” and participating in programs like “ … Mobile Muster in Australia, Green Box in China, Plug in to eCycling in the U.S. and Recycle My Cell in Canada “

Sunday, January 2, 2011

I saw a trailer
in a parking lot with the Sustainable Waste Solutions and knew there
would be a blog post there. SWS is a local company with a Souderton,
Pa address that turns waste to energy (W2E).

" ... a
landfill-free alternative for recycling, waste transportation, and
disposal to companies ... throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, Lehigh
Valley and Delaware. ... we generate enough electricity from waste to power tens of thousands of homes per day ..."

W2E burns waste material to generate electric and results in waste that is only 10% by volume compared to the starting amount.

Until we run out of trash (not too likely in the near term) this is a renewable energy solution!

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About Me

I have always been a bit of a "green dude".
I remember as a young cub scout holding paper drives (do people still have paper drives) well before there was commercial recycling.
As an adult I recycle more than most folks ... including #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6 plastics ... more on that later.